⁵ Dark am I, yet lovely,^(A)
    daughters of Jerusalem,^(B)
dark like the tents of Kedar,^(C)
    like the tent curtains of Solomon.^[a]

⁷ Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
    escorted by sixty warriors,^(A)
    the noblest of Israel,

⁹ King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
    he made it of wood from Lebanon.

¹¹ come out,
    and look, you daughters of Zion.^(A)
Look^[a] on King Solomon wearing a crown,
    the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
    the day his heart rejoiced.^(B)